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meantime, new talk from the obama administration that the u.s. could decide to pull all remaining troops out of afghanistan by the end of next year. the deputy national adviser for strategic communication would not rule that out during a conference call with reporters. >> that would be an option we would consider because again the president does not view the negotiations as having a goal of keeping u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> the pentagon said thousands of troops may be needed beyond 2014 to contain al qaeda who currently has 66,000 troops there. all of this comes with president obama scheduled to meet with hamid karzai friday at the white house. karzai is in washington and will meet with a group of senators including mitch mcconnell. joining us is retired four-star ynl and vote vets.org who served twice in i wack. thank you very much for joining us. general, i will start off with you. many intricate or believe that the president's choice in john kerry and check hagel indicate withdrawing more troops and leaving far fewer in that country and a
meantime, new talk from the obama administration that the u.s. could decide to pull all remaining troops out of afghanistan by the end of next year. the deputy national adviser for strategic communication would not rule that out during a conference call with reporters. >> that would be an option we would consider because again the president does not view the negotiations as having a goal of keeping u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> the pentagon said thousands of troops may be needed...
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our next guest says this is good news for republicans who are anxious to see obama get serious about budget cuts. one -- juan williams joining us now. we need somebody who walks down the middle of the road. jack lu is pretty close to that. >> he is known to be a really low-key nonpartisan in many ways. his history is on the democratic side. they went on to work for president clinton ahead of omp. the reason that i think people like eric cantor, the house majority leader, seem absolutely welcoming of jack lu is they think they can do with him in terms of making major cuts of entitlement spending in this country. his experience in washington goes back to working with what was then called a green span commission on cutting away at government spending. he is part of this. jack lu maybe the surprise supporter for republicans going into this position. tracy: arguably save president obama's presidency if it all works out in the end. what did you think about timothy gardner? did you think he was not willing enough to compromise? >> he became the bad guy. he was sent over there -- and he burn
our next guest says this is good news for republicans who are anxious to see obama get serious about budget cuts. one -- juan williams joining us now. we need somebody who walks down the middle of the road. jack lu is pretty close to that. >> he is known to be a really low-key nonpartisan in many ways. his history is on the democratic side. they went on to work for president clinton ahead of omp. the reason that i think people like eric cantor, the house majority leader, seem absolutely...
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right now a lot of news out there. >> the nra and obama administration are one day away from a face to face showdown on gun control. vice president's gun violence project gets down to business today meeting with victims' rights and gun safety groups. tomorrow representatives of sports man and gun owners groups get their turn. bad news for the redskins rookie robert griffin iii. he'll have surgery in the next few days and may miss the start of next season. rg3 was hurt and left the game in saturday's playoff loss to seattle. one sports doctor says the lcl tear could possibly keep griffin out for 8 to 12 months and he may have an acl tear, as well. >>> way to stay classy, thieves. someone actually robbed ron burgundy. $300,000 worth of copper wire and four computers were swiped from the atlanta set of anchorman 2. the sequel which stars will ferrell is scheduled to come out at the end of the year. >>> great white shark alert. police in jacksonville beach say don't go in the water. shark researchers advise they spotted a great white shark they named mary lee just 200 yards offshore yester
right now a lot of news out there. >> the nra and obama administration are one day away from a face to face showdown on gun control. vice president's gun violence project gets down to business today meeting with victims' rights and gun safety groups. tomorrow representatives of sports man and gun owners groups get their turn. bad news for the redskins rookie robert griffin iii. he'll have surgery in the next few days and may miss the start of next season. rg3 was hurt and left the game in...
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normal, maybe dodd-frank, obama-care, maybe uncertainty, maybe regulation. maybe we find out over the next four years, some of the things we heard so much, maybe we are stuck below plan because we're in our own way. >> it would be nice -- >> byron, you kind of conceded that, right? >> yeah. conceded, yes, i guess i did. the point is, what is the wake-up call, joe, that is my question. >> we need a wake-up call. in this environment where there are people that want these entitlements and other people paying for the entitlements. if you have 70% receiving, 30% paying, how do you ever elect another republican and it's when you see maybe some of these policies weren't good for everybody, the people you're most trying to help are the ones that get hurt. >> what if you return to a much more middle of the road republican party like we had sometime in the '70s with the great senators like jacob jav vitts and governors like nelson rockefeller? >> you mean socially? >> yeah. >> socially, i agree on that. >> could you not forge a consensus that way? not folliscally. we'
normal, maybe dodd-frank, obama-care, maybe uncertainty, maybe regulation. maybe we find out over the next four years, some of the things we heard so much, maybe we are stuck below plan because we're in our own way. >> it would be nice -- >> byron, you kind of conceded that, right? >> yeah. conceded, yes, i guess i did. the point is, what is the wake-up call, joe, that is my question. >> we need a wake-up call. in this environment where there are people that want these...
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new term, new treasury secretary, a source confirms to cnn that president obama is set to nominate his current chief of staff jack lew to replace tim geithner. lew is described as the consummate washington insider and behind the scenes dealmaker. he also has ties to wall street. he was an executive at citigroup, served as budget director under bill clinton and then again more recently under president obama. he was a key player during the 2011 debt ceiling talks that almost shut down the government. going to have his work cut out for him. democrats and republicans on capitol hill gear up for that battle over extending the debt ceiling with the global embarrassment that serves as economic policy debate in washington these days. i have a hunch tim gheit neeith won't miss taking part in another one of those showdowns. >>> aig made the right decision, the decision not to join a crabby shareholder lawsuit against the u.s. government. probably heard by now about the lawsuit, led by former aig ceo maurice hank greenberg. it claims the terms of the $182 billion government bailout which saved th
new term, new treasury secretary, a source confirms to cnn that president obama is set to nominate his current chief of staff jack lew to replace tim geithner. lew is described as the consummate washington insider and behind the scenes dealmaker. he also has ties to wall street. he was an executive at citigroup, served as budget director under bill clinton and then again more recently under president obama. he was a key player during the 2011 debt ceiling talks that almost shut down the...
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that notes that obama's new administration looks to be basically all male. there is a concern that women are underrepresented. how would you respond to that criticism? >> well, i would agree with that somewhat. we saw valerie on the front page. within the white house. she's the only senior woman. i have a lot of respect for her. but it would be nice to see more diversity, both in the cabinet and in the white house. so i hope this is something that they've focused on going forward. with that said, you know, you need to look at qualifications, too, and people that the president has confidence in. but i would like to see more women. perhaps in the white house, internally in the white house. >> sheila, are you joining us on a week where major banks are putting even more legacy problems behind them to some degree? varying degrees. we've seen what the stocks have done in the past year. we've seen them leading things like the dow. are you surprised or impressed by their progress? >> well, i'm relieved. i still think there are a lot of challenges ahead. the mega ban
that notes that obama's new administration looks to be basically all male. there is a concern that women are underrepresented. how would you respond to that criticism? >> well, i would agree with that somewhat. we saw valerie on the front page. within the white house. she's the only senior woman. i have a lot of respect for her. but it would be nice to see more diversity, both in the cabinet and in the white house. so i hope this is something that they've focused on going forward. with...